Gentle Manipulation Is The Key

Evening Advertiser 1996

Trager Approach techniques used today were created and developed over a period of 65 years by Milton Trager, who himself continued practising until he was 89.

They combine gentle, relaxing manipulation called tablework, with self-care exercises called Mentastics.

In tablework the person receiving the treatment lies comfortably on a special padded table wearing loose clothes.

Each person brings with them an individual history. Their body is unique.

The qualified Trager practitioner is aware of this and will treat a person according to what they find.

Using graceful and gentle manipulation of limbs and joints the practitioner works through natural paths of movement.

No attempt is made to put strain or fore on the receiver's body and the movements induce deep relaxation, increased physical mobility and mental clarity.

The aim of the tablework session is to promote a state of mental and physical well-being in the person receiving the treatment by releasing built up patterns of tension in the joints and muscles of the body.

To find out more phone Julie Nicholls on 01793 495551 or visit body-mind-coaching.co.uk

Business Was A Real Tonic For Nurse Julie

   Swindon Business - Business News - July 1996

Enterprising Julie Nicholls is well on the way to achieving her goal in life.

This 28-year old has already made her mark on the business world by being the North Wiltshire winner of the 1994 Live-Wire Business Start-Up Awards and more recently a finalist in the Wiltshire Business of the Year awards organised by the Evening Advertiser.

Julie set up and runs the Natural Therapy Centre at the Bentley Centre, Stratton Road,
Swindon.

She is qualified in remedial massage, which is recognised to help back and sciatic pain,
arthritis, sport injuries and stress. Julie is also a qualified nurse but decided that working
in the health service was not for her because she wanted her own business.

She began working for herself at the Chiropractic Clinic in Swindon ,before last year
moving into the Bentley Centre and finding 12 other alternative therapists to
join her. Now, she alone has a 135-strong client list which is growing all the time.

She said: “My long term ambition is to find suitable premises that can be turned into a
devoted centre for alternative therapies. We have just completed our first year here and the
best thing that has happened is that we are now becoming known. My aim is to win
a new client every week and so far I have managed to achieve that.”

The two therapy rooms that Julie rents at The Bentley Centre are shared between all the therapists who have been allocated time slots to use them.

Julie is keen to develop her business with companies in Swindon by taking the Centre’s services to them, instead of the client coming to the centre.

She also offers clients a mail order service for orthopaedic aids, herbal products and food supplements as well as gift vouchers for any of the therapies available.

She can be contacted on 01793495551 or visit  www.body-mind-coaching.co.uk